Douglas County Courthouse
Contact Information
Douglas County Courthouse
401 S. Center
P.O. Box 467
Tuscola, IL 61953
217-253-2411 — County Clerk
217-253-2352 — Circuit Clerk
217-253-2411 — Recorder
IRAD Depository
Booth Library
600 Lincoln Ave.
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-6093
Established
February 8 and February 16, 1859 (Laws, 1859, pp. 24, 28)
Origin of the name of the county
Named for Stephen A. Douglas, an eminent lawyer, brilliant political orator, Secretary of State (1840), Representative to Congress (1843-1847), United States Senator (1847-1861), and candidate for the Presidency in 1860.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
- 1831-1859 — Coles
- 1823-1831 — Edgar
- 1819-1823 — Clark
- 1816-1819 — Crawford
- 1815-1816 — Edwards
- 1812-1815 — Madison
- 1801-1812 — St. Clair
- 1790-1801 — Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
- 1859 - 1868 — Camargo — Temporary designation.
- 1868 - — Tuscola
History of County Governing Board
- 1549 - 1868 — County Court
- 1868 - — County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted — November 5, 1867
Township Names
| Arcola: | — |
| Bourbon: | — |
| Bowdre: | Name changed from Deer Creek on June 5, 1868. |
| Carmago: | — |
| Garrett: | — |
| Murdock: | Name changed from Douglas on June 7, 1859. |
| Newman: | — |
| Sargent: | — |
| Tuscola: | — |
Township Map
Pertinent Databases
- Arthur Local Registrar's Birth Certificates Index (1868-1925)
- Federal Township Plats of Illinois
- Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
- Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950
- Illinois Statewide Marriage Index
- Local Governmental Records Database
- Name Index to Illinois Local Governments